FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
57 
Complete List of Choice Flower Seeds 
ASTERS 
CONDON'S SNOWBALL 
AMPELOPSIS 
Hardy Perennial Climber 
VEITCHII. Japanese Ivy. Boston Ivy. 
An introduction from .lapan whicli is per- 
fcclly hardy; 30 to 60 feet. It clings firm- 
ly and permanently to walls, trees, etc. 
In great favor in the cities for covering 
bare brick walls. Ijea\'es deciduous. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
QUINQUEFOLA. True Virginia Creeper. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
ABUTILON 
Tender Perennial 
California Bell Flower. Flowering 
Maple, 1 to 3 feet: easily grown and al- 
ways in bloom. Pretty, drooping, bell- 
Rhaped flowers, on slendei-, tln"ead-like 
stems. Choicest Hybrids. Packet, 6 cents. 
ASTERS 
BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER 
SEMPLE'S BRANCHING 
ASTERS 
A fine, American strain, produc- 
ing handsome double flowers on 
long stems, all colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
SNOWBALL 
Globe-shaped pure white flowers, 
valuable for massing in beds. 
Large Packet, 5 cents. 
FIRE KING 
The flowers are of enormous 
size, i"ich crimson in color. Packet, 
3 cents. 
QUEEN OF THE 
MARKET 
Early, mixed colors. Packet, 3 cents. 
ROYAL PURPLE 
Medium bloomer producing large 
flowers of purple color. Packet, 4 
cents. 
LAVENDER GEM 
Flowers always full and double, 
of exquisite la\"ender shade deep- 
ening with age. Packet. 3 cents. 
TRUFFANT'S PAEONY 
FLOWERED ASTERS 
One of the handsomest Asters. 
Flowers large, very double, and in 
sliape like a Paeony: grows 18 to 
2 4 inches high; colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
ANCHUSA 
THE HEAVENLY BLUE FLOV\/- 
ER. A hardy annual. It grows 
about 2 feet high, bi-anching freely 
and bearing a profusion of the most 
lovely flowers similar in aU respects 
to the Forget-Me-Not, though the 
blossoms are much larger and of 
finer color. It is always taken for a 
beautiful large-flowering Forget- 
Me-Not, and for bouquets and cut 
flowers it is indeed superior to it. 
Its color is a . deep, clear brilliant 
blue with a pure white eye. It 
'blossoms early and continues all 
Summer. Packet, 4 cents. 
AGERATUM 
Hardy Annual 
Suitable for pot culture or bed- 
ding, bearing in profusion clusters 
of feathery flowers. This mixture 
of coloi's contains the bea vit iful 
amethyst blue. Packet, 3 cents. 
BIRD OF PARADISE 
Tender Perennial 
This striking a n d attractive 
flower has lately become widely 
poiMiIar. The blossoms are of a rich 
gtiKlcn yellow, about 2V2 inches in 
diameter. ]ti'othu cd in large trusses, 
the most siriking feature l>eing the 
long , incurving stamens and pistils 
of a beautiful, bright crimson color. 
Seed should be soaked in warm 
water and started indoors or under 
glass, in a liglit. sandy soil. A 
sunny situation is required, in dry 
and warm soil, and no water other 
than the rains will be needed after 
the plants are established. Packet, 
5 cents. 
GIANT COMET 
Mixed. 
These desirable large flowered 
Asters attain a height of 12 to 15 
inches. They are early blooming, 
and quite distinct from all others. 
Long wavy and twisted petals re- 
sembling Japanese chrysanthe- 
mums. Pure white, crimson, rose, 
dark blue, lavender, striped blush, 
mixed. Packet, 4 cents. 
CONDON'S GIANT 
SUPERB MIXTURE 
Largest flowering, finest mixture. 
This is a mixture of all varieties 
listed on this page and many others. 
These Asters are very fine, having 
Vteen grown from tlie best select 
flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
IMPROVED HOHEN- 
ZOLLERN 
The largest flowered of Comet 
type; nearly 6 inches in diameter; 
quite similar in form to a Japanese 
chrysanthemum, and a truly mag- 
nificent Aster in all respects. It 
has long stems and is admirable 
for cutting. Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
CONDON'S 
BRILLIANT ASTER 
COLLECTION 
One packet each of the ten 
varieties for only 30 cents, post- 
paid. 
ALYSSUM 
Hardy Annual 
LITTLE GEM. Grows six inches 
liigli; commences to blossom early, 
producing immense heads, and 
when sown early in the open border 
soon forms a iierfect mat of purest 
white. Packet, 4 cents. 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Pure white. Packet, 3 cents. 
ANTIRRHINUM 
Tender Biennial 
GIANT. l<"lowers double the size 
of older sorts, more closel.v set on 
the stems, and colors more clear 
and brilliant. All colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
TOM THUMB. Finest inixed. 
Packet, 3 cents. 
QUEEN OF THE NORTH. The 
finest and best. Packet, 6 cents. 
AQUILEGIA 
Hardy Perennial 
COLUMBINE. Beau ti f u 1. gro- 
tesipie and varied-cowed flowers, 
blooming freely in the snring; hardy 
peronnial.s; all colors mixed. 
Packet, 3 cents. 
BALSAM APPLE 
A beautiful climbing plant with 
nueer sliapcd fr\iits, which, if pre- 
served in alcohnl, make .a most use- 
ful liniment. I'^oliage gi'acetully cut 
aiiil :iltlunigh tender annuals, the 
\ hits run ten feet or more during 
the season. Packet. 5 cents. 
